Wired for sound? What's in Critchley's ears?

Neil Critchley is an amiable seeming chap. He speaks in a measured and reasoned manner, answering questions with patience and thoughtful words that seem carefully weighed to be both honest but not too revealing. He gives plenty of detail about the football, yes, but very little...

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Blades blunted: the Mighty vs Sheffield United.

The sky is really strange, all split in two like a collision of celestial empires. The west is blue and clear, the east is dark and stormy. My head feels a bit like that to be honest. Am I happy? I don't know. Blue sky? Heavy weather? Fuck knows... I'd love to spend some...

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Who needs possession? - the Mighty vs Swansea City

Cryptic Critch is back... Jordan Thorniley is back in the cellar and Jimmy Husband is back in a back 5. Or 3. Callum Connolly is in defence. Or he's on the wing. Or maybe in midfield. No one knows. Kirk is in for CJ. Why? Search me. Gary is up front on his own. We're fairly...

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Another terrible preview: the Mighty vs Swansea City

Many years ago I watched the Mighty beat Swansea 4-0 when they'd appointed a random bloke to be their manager. Now, Critchley is sort of a random bloke, but this bloke was a really random bloke. Pretty much just some fella from nowhere. Way more random than even Ian Brunskill....

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Visit Stoke! (Electric dreams): Stoke City vs the Mighty

This carpark is a wasteland that could be anywhere. A lorry reverses slowly across it then performs alarmingly sharp u-turn to reverse back to whence it came. This could be a metaphor for something but I can't think what. Life or something or other. It's spring. The fragments...

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Stoke City vs the Mighty (preview)

Mad good painting by Alan Bickley (not Alan Buckley who used to manage Grimsby)YES! We've NOT BEEN IRRADIATED! It's important to appreciate the positives I think. On the other hand, hey baby, I wanna know-oh-oh-oh Jordan Gabriel is injured. Life is about ups and downs I suppose....

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